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PSU banks should be allowed to recruit from IITs, IIMs: SBI

Last Updated: Sunday, February 1, 2015, 15:40

"The public money goes into formation of the institutions like IITs and IIMs. From all of these good institutions, which nurture the best talents of the country, the public sector banks are barred from recruitment," SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya said at a recent event.

IITs may change fee payment policy

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 23:25

A change in the fee payment policy of the IITs could well be on the cards to augment fiscal resources of these institutes.

IITs should encourage students to do research: Kakodkar

Last Updated: Sunday, October 28, 2012, 00:01

Every student should have a choice of concurrent education in all learning domains, said eminent nuclear scientist Dr Anil Kakodkar.

President rues no Indian varsity in world`s top 200

Last Updated: Sunday, September 16, 2012, 09:16

Welcoming IIT-Kharagpur`s `Vision 2020` - to be in top 20 global education institutes by the year 2020, Pranab Mukherjee urged other premier Indian educational institutes to follow suit.

PM `pained` by high cut-offs in admissions

Last Updated: Sunday, August 19, 2012, 20:57

PM Manmohan Singh expressed dissatisfaction over the high cut-offs in admissions to centres of higher learning like the IITs.

Sibal to meet IIT directors tomorrow

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 16:03

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal will meet IIT directors tomorrow to resolve the common entrance exam row as the government proposal is being resisted by some of the IITs.

Common test: HRD Ministry to write to jt admission IIT boards

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 22:39

Unfazed by the resistance from the IIT faculty as well as the alumni, government would soon write to the joint admission board of the IITs to prepare the modalities for conducting the proposed common entrance test.

Sibal hands a bonanza to coaching centres

Last Updated: Sunday, June 17, 2012, 18:21

The new exam model laid out by the HRD Ministry led by Kapil Sibal is leading to more stress.

Kapil Sibal rules out rollback of common IIT test

Last Updated: Monday, June 11, 2012, 22:12

Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal virtually ruled out going back on the controversial proposal for a nationwide common entrance test for IITs.

‘Engg entrance test be conducted twice a year’

Last Updated: Sunday, May 27, 2012, 19:29

Ahead of the crucial joint council meeting of IITs and NITs, Super-30 founder Anand Kumar has suggested conducting entrance test twice a year.

‘Higher percentage of OBC students in IIMs, IITs’

Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2012, 16:42

The percentage of OBC students among new entrants in IIMs, IITs and Central universities has increased in 2010-11 over the previous year, the Rajya Sabha was informed.

IITs to post answer keys of entrance exam on web

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 17:21

IITs have decided to post on websites the answer keys of the JEE 2012 as well as the answer copies of students.